# United Faculty of Florida v. Florida State University Board of Trustees and Florida Public Employees Relations Commission.

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · December 23, 2025

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11230406

## Case

- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** December 23, 2025
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
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## Opinion text

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2024-1811
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UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA,

Appellant,

v.

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES and
FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
RELATIONS COMMISSION,

Appellees.
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On appeal from the Public Employees Relations Commission.
Kerey Carpenter, Chair.

December 23, 2025

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal from an order of the Public Employees
Relations Commission (PERC), we affirm, without comment, the
dismissal of the United Faculty of Florida’s unfair labor practice
charge against the Florida State University Board of Trustees.
However, we dismiss for lack of jurisdiction that portion of the
appeal challenging PERC’s decision to award the University
prevailing party attorney’s fees and costs. See Chang v. Local 1403,
Metro Dade Fire Fighters, 345 So. 3d 384, 384 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022)
(explaining that PERC’s reservation of jurisdiction to determine
the amount of fees renders the entitlement portion of the order
nonfinal and nonappealable).

AFFIRMED in part and DISMISSED in part.

RAY, KELSEY, and TREADWELL, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Richard P. Siwica of Egan, Lev, & Siwica, P.A., Orlando, for
Appellant.

Michael Mattimore and Benjamin M. Lagos of Allen Norton & Blue,
P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Florida State University Board of
Trustees.

Daniel E. Nordby, Benjamin J. Gibson, Amber S. Nunnally, and
Elise M. Engle of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, for Appellee
Public Employees Relations Commission.

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